RE: [Futurework] Terrorist attacks are not about terrorism

2005-07-14 Thread Cordell, Arthur: ECOM
e-From: Gurstein, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 9:46 AMTo: Cordell, Arthur: ECOM; Keith Hudson; futurework@fes.uwaterloo.caSubject: RE: [Futurework] Terrorist attacks are not about terrorism Surely that's too simple! Its sort of Bush's you are eithe

RE: [Futurework] Terrorist attacks are not about terrorism

2005-07-14 Thread Verdon . JBV
Thank you Keith for saying well what I was feeling. And to Nataly as well. The key is what Arthur said: Blowing up civilians is either criminal or not. I happen to believe that it is criminal, no matter the grievances of the terrorists (oops in BBC speak, the bombers). A terrorist is a

Re: [Futurework] Terrorist attacks are not about terrorism

2005-07-14 Thread Christoph Reuss
Keith Hudson wrote: What is very clear about all acts of terrorism is that they are carried out as specific acts designed to achieve specific political results. ...and to find out _whose_ design/results, the question is: Cui bono ? Take 9/11 in New York in 2001. The Patridiot Act was